The lack of national government approaches to climate change are giving subnational jurisdictions (provinces, states and municipalities) the opportunity to demonstrate they can do what their federal counterparts can’t: implement policies that fight climate change, but also grow their economies at the same time.

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Long terms goals from national governments are critical to fighting climate change, argued Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change during an opening panel at Climate Week in New York.

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